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I used to work for a company based in Conyers, GA, and would hang out in Atlanta when I traveled there. It is a great city. However, there is a huge cultural sh

I used to work for a company based in Conyers, GA, and would hang out in Atlanta when I traveled there. It is a great city. However, there is a huge cultural shift outside of Atlanta for people used to Silicon Valley or NYC, because the rest of Georgia is definitely... different.

treehau5_ 10y ago
You say this as if it isn't true for NYC or SV either. I think the bubble is bigger in those places and makes it easier to plug your ears and turn the eye in NYC or SV. Ever been to Yonkers? Inside San Jose?
cyanbane 10y ago
I think it is different in the way that most big cities are when compared to other parts of their states. San Fran and East California might be one of the better examples. Marietta is very similar Merced; Athens is similar to Berkeley. I don't think Atlanta is very different in that regard. (From Athens, longtime Atlanta resident - spent a lot of time in Cali, lots of family out in Sacramento/Berkeley)
- flanbiscuit 10y ago
  I was just in Calistoga (near Napa) and I saw houses with Trump signs, so yeah there definitely tends to be a city vs rural shift in politics even in states like CA.
- taeric 10y ago
  My understanding is that the difference is most other states highly fund their large city.
quantumhobbit 10y ago
You didn't hear any banjo music did you? But seriously the city to country gradient is pretty steep outside Atl. However I doubt if rural Georgia is all that different from rural upstate New York. I know people who grew up in both and it sounds about the same. You can just get there faster in Georgia.
sndean 10y ago
It's the same for Washington DC as well. You can easily drive 20 miles southwest and get stuck behind a tractor while driving past corn fields. It's pretty similar for every city I've been to (including Atlanta). Drive an hour away and it's a completely different place.
- jessaustin 10y ago
  Haha you could still be within a mile of DC after driving 20 minutes. It takes a little longer to find a corn field.
  - sndean 10y ago
    > after driving 20 minutes After driving 20 miles, not 20 minutes... Maybe ~20 minutes if it's 3:00AM on a Monday going west on I-66.

treehau5_ 10y ago

You say this as if it isn't true for NYC or SV either. I think the bubble is bigger in those places and makes it easier to plug your ears and turn the eye in NYC or SV. Ever been to Yonkers? Inside San Jose?

cyanbane 10y ago

I think it is different in the way that most big cities are when compared to other parts of their states. San Fran and East California might be one of the better examples. Marietta is very similar Merced; Athens is similar to Berkeley. I don't think Atlanta is very different in that regard. (From Athens, longtime Atlanta resident - spent a lot of time in Cali, lots of family out in Sacramento/Berkeley)

flanbiscuit 10y ago
I was just in Calistoga (near Napa) and I saw houses with Trump signs, so yeah there definitely tends to be a city vs rural shift in politics even in states like CA.
taeric 10y ago
My understanding is that the difference is most other states highly fund their large city.

quantumhobbit 10y ago

You didn't hear any banjo music did you? But seriously the city to country gradient is pretty steep outside Atl. However I doubt if rural Georgia is all that different from rural upstate New York. I know people who grew up in both and it sounds about the same. You can just get there faster in Georgia.

sndean 10y ago

It's the same for Washington DC as well. You can easily drive 20 miles southwest and get stuck behind a tractor while driving past corn fields. It's pretty similar for every city I've been to (including Atlanta). Drive an hour away and it's a completely different place.

jessaustin 10y ago
Haha you could still be within a mile of DC after driving 20 minutes. It takes a little longer to find a corn field.
- sndean 10y ago
  > after driving 20 minutes After driving 20 miles, not 20 minutes... Maybe ~20 minutes if it's 3:00AM on a Monday going west on I-66.